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bank of america and citigroup repaid their entire obligation. under the law, they are out from under my jurisdiction. >> can you have any moral suasion with them? >> i can try to convince them it's wise and sensible and on the merritts makes a lot of sense, but to get the real regulation you need on these banks and wall street, you need some of these other administration initiatives, regulatory reform, corporate governance reform. i have a very small jurisdiction. >> when we talk about regulatory reform and that is the next big thing to occur, in the final version of the job bill and what was passed the house, how would that restrict executive pay? >> i have enough trouble dealing with the banks and calculating pay -- >> from my understanding though, shareholders can have a say, but not man dating. >> that's right. >> to get shareholders involved in anything is a very big challenge. >> that's right. it is a challenge, but when you look at what i'm doing with five companies actually calculating their pay for the t.a.r.p. officials and you add to
bank of america and citigroup repaid their entire obligation. under the law, they are out from under my jurisdiction. >> can you have any moral suasion with them? >> i can try to convince them it's wise and sensible and on the merritts makes a lot of sense, but to get the real regulation you need on these banks and wall street, you need some of these other administration initiatives, regulatory reform, corporate governance reform. i have a very small jurisdiction. >> when we...
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. >> before the bombing occurred, there was a sort of fever in america. the fabric of american life had been unraveling. there was a lot of violence in our cities. there was a rise of gang violence in particular. what we learned from oklahoma city is not that we should gag each other or that we should reduce our passion for the positions we hold, but that the words we use really do matter because there are, there's this vast echo chamber and they go across space and they fall on the serious and the delirious alike. >> in a reference in a "new york times" article yesterday proceeding this event today, he talked about some of the rhetoric frankly, from the protests, the tea party protests, and michele bachmann. her particular use of the word, gangster, to reflect our government. this was michele bachmann yesterday. >> i think they don't realize that your iq scores are way above average. we're on to them. we're on to this gangster government. hey, you look happy to me. you don't look angry. that's because you get it and you are smart enough to get off your c
. >> before the bombing occurred, there was a sort of fever in america. the fabric of american life had been unraveling. there was a lot of violence in our cities. there was a rise of gang violence in particular. what we learned from oklahoma city is not that we should gag each other or that we should reduce our passion for the positions we hold, but that the words we use really do matter because there are, there's this vast echo chamber and they go across space and they fall on the...
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this is america. >> indeed it is. elijah cummings, thank you very much, and i wish you a happy easter weekend. thank you. >>> and politico's jonathan martin with the latest on the sex shop spending spree. >>> but how should the president celebrate the victory? "the daily show"'s john stewart has an idea. >> you don't have to relax in real time. pack it all into one of those '80s movie maun tajs. we're part of nature, and as we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. it's a selfish thing to want to protect nature. i never intended to be a businessman. we made the world's best climbing equipment out of here. we realized that putting in and taking out of all these pitons was causing damage to the rock. so, i made these little soft aluminum chalks that you just put in with your fingers. and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out. the reservoir behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a
this is america. >> indeed it is. elijah cummings, thank you very much, and i wish you a happy easter weekend. thank you. >>> and politico's jonathan martin with the latest on the sex shop spending spree. >>> but how should the president celebrate the victory? "the daily show"'s john stewart has an idea. >> you don't have to relax in real time. pack it all into one of those '80s movie maun tajs. we're part of nature, and as we destroy nature, we destroy...
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or a blue america, there's one america. he said there's not a clear divide between main street and wall street and we all rise or fall together and if that unifying message reflects the fact it looks like democrats and republicans will strike a deal before too long. >> and one of the things he really wanted to do, steve leesman, was puncture the republican talking point from frank luntz, which democrats say was written before their bill was even put forward by chris dodd. the talking point that this is another big bank bailout. this is what he had to say. >> what's not legitimate is to suspect that somehow the legislation being proposed is going to encourage future tax bailouts, as some have claimed n. that makes for a good sound bite but it is not actually accurate. it is not true. >> let's truth squad that. steve, is it factually accurate or not? >> well, let me just give you a little reporter's notebook edition, andrea, because i was reporting this story from both the democratic and republican camp. talking to republican
or a blue america, there's one america. he said there's not a clear divide between main street and wall street and we all rise or fall together and if that unifying message reflects the fact it looks like democrats and republicans will strike a deal before too long. >> and one of the things he really wanted to do, steve leesman, was puncture the republican talking point from frank luntz, which democrats say was written before their bill was even put forward by chris dodd. the talking...
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somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> developing this hour, right now on "andrea mitchell reports," look at those picture. helicopters and boats searching for any sign of 12 people now missing after an explosion on an offshore oil rig. these pictures just into msnbc show the rig on fire last night off the coast of louisiana. the platform is still burning. it's now tilting about 70 degrees. most of the 126 workers were evacuated safely. they will be arriving back on land tonight. 15 were taken to area hospitals. seven are believed to be in critical condition. nbc's ron mott is on route. we'll have a report tonight on nbc nightly news. >>> scientists are telling -- travelers are
somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> developing this hour, right now on "andrea mitchell...
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we're talking about millions and billions of dollars and yet, everybody wants america to do well, but they're not feeling like those policies are helping them. even though the economy seems to be in better shape. >> i agree with you 100%. i think that people see a kind of washington-wall street industrial complex where they're scratching each other's backs, but not taking care of everybody else. i think we ought to be careful about how we manage that. >> thank you both very much. >>> up next, janet napolitano joining us live right here to talk about her deep concerns over the crackdown on illegal immigration in arizona. everything is better with swanson broth in it. made with garden vegetables and sun-drenched herbs. the secret is swanson, 100% natural chicken broth. [ speaking native language ] [ moans ] [ speaking native language ] ♪ [ speaking native language ] [ male announcer ] doctors have been saying it forever. let's take a look. [ male announcer ] but they've never actually been able to do it like this. let's take a look. [ male announcer ] v-scan from ge healthcare. a pock
we're talking about millions and billions of dollars and yet, everybody wants america to do well, but they're not feeling like those policies are helping them. even though the economy seems to be in better shape. >> i agree with you 100%. i think that people see a kind of washington-wall street industrial complex where they're scratching each other's backs, but not taking care of everybody else. i think we ought to be careful about how we manage that. >> thank you both very much....
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the people of arizona, the people of california, the people of america. it had to support a bush, clinton, obama and mccain and it was defeated. that tells you where the heart and value of americans are, which is secure your border, send the illegals back. >> see, i think we have to address the fact that the 12 million people pat talks about are real life people. and i want to enforce the laws and i want us to have a policy that deals with things realistically. we can talk about extreme positions, but we're not going to rent a bunch of schoolbuses and bring them across the border. we have to have a comprehensive policy that addresses this. >> remove the jobs magnet and they will go home. >> this is a conversation which will continue. thank you very much. we'll be talking about illegal immigrants on this program for many weeks to come. if not months. >>> and coming up, "time" magazine's nancy gibbs on the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill. and msnbc is now on sirius xm satellite radio. on channel 90, x m channel 120. so heading to the doctor uh...
the people of arizona, the people of california, the people of america. it had to support a bush, clinton, obama and mccain and it was defeated. that tells you where the heart and value of americans are, which is secure your border, send the illegals back. >> see, i think we have to address the fact that the 12 million people pat talks about are real life people. and i want to enforce the laws and i want us to have a policy that deals with things realistically. we can talk about extreme...